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June 8,1926. 1,588,885'

G. F. MILLER CONTAINER Filed Oct. 5, 1921 Patented June 8, 1926.

UNITED STATES GEORGE F.

P'ATE NT OFFICE.

MTLLER, or B'RooKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNon ro AMERICAN CAN coM- PANY, 01 NEW YORK, 1v. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed October 5, 1921. Serial No. 505,647.

This invention relates in general to containers for dental floss and the likeand has more especial reference to such a container of small size adapted to becarried in the pocket, and of particularly economical and practical construction. A principal object of the invention is the provision of a container for the purpose stated in which the reel upon which the floss is wound is formed from a single piece of material requiring no joining of parts and eliminating the necessity for the use of rivets or other delicate or easily broken structural elements.

A further object of the invention is the I provision of a container of this type constructed entirely of sheet metal, the parts of which may be formed with the use of the usual and standard machinery employed in operating upon metal articles.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understoodfrom the followingdescription, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a dental floss container embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken through such a container, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the reel upon which the floss is wound.

Upon the drawings, illustrating a preferred exemplification of the invention, it will be noted that the container which I have provided comprises primarily upper and lower holder panels or sides 11 and 12 and a reel 13 secured for rotation therein;

The panels are provided with flanges 14 and 15 of diflerent size, the lower flange 15 be- 7 ing adapted to frictionally engage the flange 14 to maintain the holder in closed posit-ion. The flanges are recessed at 16 and 17 respectively and when the holder is assembled these recesses are adapted to register to provide an aperture 18 through which the floss 19 may be withdrawn. Each panel is centrally depressed and the depressed portions 21 and 22, with the beveled parts 23 and 24 of the panels, the reel.

The reel 13 consists of a single sheet of metal appropriately stamped to provide peripheral segments 25 and 26, which segform a bearing for rotation of merits are oppositely bent or offset to provide jaws 27 forthe reception of'the floss, there by forming the metal sheet or disk into-a reel orspool, and it'will be understood that the capacity of the reel may be varied by varying the length of the slits between the segments andbending them to the oifsetposition desired. the reel is held between the depressed parts 21 and 22 of the holder and in this manner the reel is secured in relativelyfixed position Within the container and adapted for rotation.

In winding the floss upon the reel an'cnd thereof may be passed downwardly through the aperture 29 and upwardly through aperture 31 of the reel and knotted or anchored. The thread may then be wound between the jaws 27 of the reel, the free end being passed through the aperture 18 so that it may be readily grasped and unwound for use.

A lip or ing 33 is struck upwardly from' the panel 11 for the purpose of providing means for severing the floss into desired lengths for use, it being evident that the sharp edges of said lip at its point of departure from the panel are particularly adapted for cutting the thread merely by the exertion of slight inward pressure thereon.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in thevform,-construction, and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit or scope of the invention claimed or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the {form hereinbefore described I claim:

v 1. A. container for dental floss and the like, comprising a two-part holder having an end thereof bent inward, and a spool enclosed in said holder and havingparts which extend radially and are bent outwardly so as to have bearing engagement for rotation around said bent inwardly end.

2. A container for dental floss and the like, comprising a two-part holder having opposite ends thereof bent inward, and a spool enclosed in said holder and having parts at each side thereof which extend radially and are bent outwardly so as to have The central portion 28 of being merely a preferred embodiment therehearing engagement for rotation around said bent-inward ends. v r

3. A container for dental floss and the like, comprising a two part holder having opposite ends thereof bent inward, and a spool enclosed in said holder and having segments which: are bent outward towards each side of the spool so that said segments have bearing engagement for rotation around said bent-inward ments the floss is adapted to be Wound.

4:. A container for dental floss and the like5 comprising a holder composed of two telescoping parts, having theends thereof bent inward around their. centers, and a spool enclosed in said holder and having segments which extend radially and are alternately bent outwardly so as to have bearing engagement for rotation around said bent-in- Ward ends.

ends, between Which seg-.

5, A container for dental floss and the like, comprising a holder formed of separalole centrally depressed panels, said panels terminating in telescoping flanges forming the side Walls of therholder, and a one piece reel having a central portion seated between the, depressed parts of said panels and spooldike jaws disposed between the outer parts thereof. 7

A container for dental floss and the like, comprising a holder formed of oppositely flanged and frictionally joined panels and a one-piecerreel rotatably positioned therehetrseen, said panel flanges being apertured to permit Withdrawal of the floss and aper- V tin-es being provided in the reel and one of said panels for securing one end 01": the floss against removal. V

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